TEACHER’S NOTES Comparatives and Superlatives Practice ESL / EFL RESOURCES Activity Type Overview Reading, writing,
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TEACHER’S NOTES
Comparatives and Superlatives Practice
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Activity Type
Overview
Reading, writing, listening and speaking activity
This free comparatives and superlatives lesson is ideal for teaching or reviewing comparative and superlative adjectives and sentence structure. The lesson contains a grammar review and exercise based on comparative and superlative adjective forms as well as an exercise about using comparatives and superlatives in questions. The students then go on to do a comparison activity. Afterwards, students create a dialogue using the language from the lesson, which they then present to the class.
Language Focus Comparatives and superlatives
Answer key
Aim To practice comparative and superlative adjective forms and structures.
Preparation Make one copy of the lesson for each student.
Level Elementary
Time 60 minutes
Exercise A and B - Answer key good better best bad worse worst fun more fun most fun pretty prettier prettiest easy easier easiest big bigger biggest light lighter lightest heavy heavier heaviest fast faster fastest reliable more reliable most reliable slow slower slowest new newer newest dry drier driest happy happier happiest old older oldest nice nicer nicest compact more compact most compact tasty tastier tastiest bitter more bitter most bitter advanced more advanced most advanced suitable more suitable most suitable warm warmer warmest Exercise C - Answer key 1. A: What is the most interesting place you've ever been to? 2. A: What is the tallest building you've ever been in? 3. A: Which is larger, the Sahara desert or the Gobi desert? B: The Sahara desert is larger. 4. A: Who is more famous, Lady Gaga or Madonna? 5. A: Which country has a larger population, China or India? B: China has a larger population. 6. A: Which fruit has a stronger smell, bananas or durians? B: Durians have a stronger smell. 7. A: What is the biggest problem in the world today? 8. A: Which is higher, Mount Everest or K2? B: Mount Everest is higher.
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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Comparatives and Superlatives Practice
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Comparatives and Superlatives Adjectives are used to describe nouns. If two nouns are being compared to one another, we use comparative adjectives. When comparing three or more nouns, we use superlative adjectives. Adjective form Only one syllable, ending in E.
Comparative form
Add -r: wider, finer, cuter
Add -st: widest, finest, cutest
Double the consonant, and add -er: hotter, bigger, fatter
Double the consonant, and add -est: hottest, biggest, fattest
Add -er: lighter, neater, faster
Add -est: lightest, neatest, fastest
Change y to i, then add -er: happier, sillier, lonelier
Change y to i, then add -est: happiest, silliest, loneliest
Use more before the adjective: more modern, more interesting, more beautiful
Use most before the adjective: most modern, most interesting, most beautiful
Examples: wide, fine, cute
Only one syllable, with one vowel and one consonant at the end. Examples: hot, big, fat Only one syllable, with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end.
Superlative form
Examples: light, neat, fast Two syllables, ending in Y. Examples: happy, silly, lonely
Two syllables or more, not ending in Y. Examples: modern, interesting, beautiful
A. These adjectives don't follow the rules above. What are their comparative and superlative forms? good bad fun
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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES ESL / EFL RESOURCES
Comparatives and Superlatives Practice
B. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives below. Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
cheap
cheaper
cheapest
beautiful
more beautiful
most beautiful
pretty easy big light heavy fast reliable slow new dry happy old nice compact tasty bitter advanced suitable warm
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Comparatives and Superlatives Practice
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C. Complete the questions and answers with comparatives and superlatives. 1. A: What is the
place you've ever been to? (interesting)
B:
I've ever been to is
2. A: What is
building you've ever been in? (tall)
B:
I've ever been in is
3. A: Which is
is
4. A: Who is is
.
5. A: Which country has a
population, China or India? (large) has
.
6. A: Which fruit has a
smell, bananas or a durians? (strong) have
7. A: What is
. problem in the world today? (big)
B: The
is
8. A: Which is B:
.
, Lady Gaga or Madonna? (famous)
B:
B:
.
, the Sahara desert or the Gobi desert? (large)
B: The
B:
.
. , Mount Everest or K2? (high)
is
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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Comparatives and Superlatives Practice
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
D. Which one do you prefer? Explain your answers using comparative sentences. Which house would you choose and why?
A. B. $300,000 $75,000
Which car is better and why?
A. B. $50,000 $15,000
Which watch would you like to have and why?
A.
B.
$400 $75
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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Comparatives and Superlatives Practice
ESL / EFL RESOURCES
E. In pairs, use the prompts to write a conversation using comparatives and superlatives. Two friends are at the shopping mall. One friend is looking to buy a new phone. A: sees two phones and asks for their friend’s opinion on the colour B: says which colour they prefer and why A: sees three more phones and asks which one is the best B: says which one is the best and why A: prefers another one because it looks good B: agrees, but says that it is more expensive A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
F. Now, present your dialogue to the class.
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